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  • 02 Jun 2003
  • What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

accounting, financial, human resource, and operational matters and taught by those only with strong functional backgrounds? Of course, only a limited amount of time can be allocated in a curriculum to these... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 27 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

Politicians, Minor analyzes whether risk preference is a good predictor of misconduct, using members of Congress as his subjects. He delved into the politicians’ financial records, determining what percentage of their portfolios was View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial responses to securities mispricing. The managerial biases approach studies the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 9

presents a process for asking the big questions that will enable you to diagnose problems, change course if necessary, and advance your career. He lays out areas of inquiry, including questions such as (1) Do I clearly articulate my vision and top priorities?; (2) Does... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Sep 2020
  • Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

prices reflect substantially all publicly available information, and buyers can see which companies provide good value for the money. By establishing trust in the information, this system has lowered the cost of capital and enabled better View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health
  • 23 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 03 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

highlights the process through which diversity initiatives become successful and offers insight into how organizations can more effectively recruit and retain a diverse workforce. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-019.pdf Manage Resource View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Dec 2016
  • HBS Case

Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

down leads and making personal visits with potential clients. They also spend considerable resources in traditional marketing, especially the large firms. Those setup costs must be recovered over time through fees. Wealthfront keeps those... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

not seem to be scalable. A new numbering system ("IPv6") offers greater capacity, but network incentives impede transition. Paid transfers of IP addresses would better allocate resources to those who need them most, but... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

confirmed this notion using the detailed database, updated in real time until the end of May. There is a “stark difference between the announcements as a share of GDP in the developed countries relative to the developing countries,” says... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

to pay the IOUs coming due." Financial markets can help that happen by offering mechanisms that enable capital to be allocated to companies and industries where it can be the most productive. The result is structural changes in the... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
  • 08 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Guide to International Strategy

coffee drink sold from a vending machine. Where do we compete? "What should a company's global footprint look like? How should it allocate resources across countries?" Collis asks. In the eternal battle between Coke and Pepsi, should... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 14 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

probability of a crash; (3) attributes of the price run-up, including volatility, turnover, issuance, and the price path of the run-up, can all help forecast an eventual crash and future returns; and (4) some of these characteristics can help investors earn superior... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

that issuance is partly an attempt to arbitrage mispriced characteristics. Our approach helps forecast returns to portfolios based on book-to-market, size, price, distress, payout policy, profitability, and industry. Our results provide a new perspective on equity... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 1

  Working PapersWhat Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive theory of GAAP under the assumption that GAAP's objective is to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services
  • 19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

surgeon-level fixed effects, learning curve analyses demonstrated improvements in cardiopulmonary bypass and cross-clamp times with increased surgeon experience. There was marginal improvement in the predictability (R2 value) of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jan 2011
  • Op-Ed

Funding Unpredictability Around Stem-Cell Research Inflicts Heavy Cost on Scientific Progress

In light of the latest developments of the on-again, off-again, on-again government funding of human embryonic stem-cell research, it is time to consider the devastating implications of this chaotic funding environment. And to do that,... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • 16 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

role in stemming the damage. "They are investing about three times more than the average firm in climate change mitigation technology." “They are investing about three times more than the average firm in... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy
  • 08 Nov 2024
  • HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

successfully against an enemy,” Simons says. “I do think in successful businesses there is both a sense of strategy and how you allocate resources to get the maximum impact, and a very healthy respect for competition to boost your game.”... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation
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